From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Mahonia bealei, also known as Beale's barberry or leatherleaf mahonia, is invasive but still sold for landscaping. HQ Flower Guide via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

When the Trump administration began freezing federal funding for climate and ecosystem research, one of the programs hit hard was ours: the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers.

These nine regional centers help fish, wildlife, water, land – and, importantly, people – adapt to rising global temperatures and other climate shifts.